Illinois State Board of Education to Denise Joseph, U.S. Department of Education (October 15, 2021)

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An October 15, 2021 letter from the Illinois State Board of Education to Denise Joseph, Office of State and Grantee Relations, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, submitting Illinois' data for Maintenance of Equity (MOEquity) under Section 2004 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. It includes a table that maps MOEquity data items to Excel documents and tabs, and says data item nine, a list of the high-poverty schools in each of Illinois' LEAs, is provisional. It states that the Illinois FY22 MOEquity Submission analyzes the 30 LEAs for which the funding formula has not resulted in an increase in per-pupil funding over the relevant comparison year. The signature block names Robert Wolfe, CPA, Financial Officer.

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Illinois
* State Board of
Education

October 15, 2021

Denise Joseph
U.S, Department of Education

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Office of State and Grantee Relations (SGR)
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202

Darren Reisberg, Chair of the Board

Dr. Carmen |. Ayala, State Superintendent of Education

EQUITY » QUALITY « COLLABORATION - COMMUNITY

Transmitted to email address: Illinois.oese@ed.gov

Dear Ms. Joseph:

This letter serves as Illinois’ data submission for Maintenance of Equity (MOEquity) per Section 2004 of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. This correspondence includes several attachments. For the data requested
and detailed in Appendix A of the Department’s Frequently Asked Questions for Maintenance of Equity Updated
October 1, 202, the following table is being provided to assist the Department in its review of Illinois’ data

submission.

MOEquity

Data Item Excel Document Excel Tab Location Key/Comments
FY22 Illinois MOEquity File 10 15 FY22 High-Need ,

One 2021 LEAs High-Need LEAs are shaded In green

Two peel Ua ele es Le | ic aL ica Amount is $3,776.62 and is found in cell J9
2021 Need

Three SCBA Maco ghee iia tal Ste I Lae ae Dk al ine Amount is $4,053.73 and is found in cell I9
2021 = 3°58 Need

Four FY22 Illinois MOEquity File 10 15 MOEquity High- Found in Column J
2021 Need 7

Five FY22 Illinois MOEquity File 1015 | MOEquity High- Found in Column F
(2021 Need

. FY22 Illinois MOEquity File 1015 |= FY22 Highest- . .

Six 2021 | Poverty LEAs Highest-Poverty LEAs are shaded in blue
FY22 Illinois MOEquity File1015 § MOEquity .

Seven 2021 Highest-Poverty Found in Column H

a FY22 Illinois MOEquity File1015 | MOEquity .
Eight 2021 Highest-Poverty Found in Column F
Nine Illinois-MOEquity-Schools-List N/A

Data item nine provides a list of the high-poverty schools in each of Illinois’ LEAs for which equity must be
maintained in FY2022. The data in this file is provisional. ISBE is awaiting further guidance from the Department

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with respect to LEA implementation of MOEquity, including information on the data its LEAs must annually
report. That guidance will be used to launch a district support plan and to collect and report LEA data on high-
poverty schools.

Lastly, Illinois FY22 MOEquity Submission, is a document that provides further analysis of the 30 LEAs for which
Illinois’ funding formula has not resulted in an increase in per-pupil funding over the relevant comparison year.
We include this analysis for your review and consideration.

Please feel free to contact me by phone at 217-782-0249 or email at rwo!lfe@isbe. net if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Robert Wolfe, CPA
Financial Officer

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